Sleeve press



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SLEEVE PRESS Filed Oct. 12, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l V INVENTOR. ERNESTDAVIS u.

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May 20, 1947. .E. DAVIS sLEEvE PRESS Filed Oct. 12,1944

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Patented May 1947 UNITED STATE s PATENT. OFFICE SLEEVE PRESS ErnestDavis, Syracuse, N. Y., asaignor to The Prosperity Company. Inc.,Syracuse, N. Y.',

corporation of New york Application October 1 This inventionrelates totextile or laundry and A garment pressing machines, and has for itsobject a machine for pressing sleeved articles, as the 2, 1944, SerialNo. 558,373 6 Claims. (Cl. 223-57) sleeves of garments, and particularlyshirt sleeves,

* in which machine the forms on which the sleeves are placed are readilyadjustable in a lengthwise direction to accommodate sleeves of difierentlengths. It further has for its object a particularly simple andefficient mounting and arrangement for the pressing elements whichcooperate with the form or the sleeve thereon.

The invention further has for its object a In describing this invention,reference is had.

to the accompanying drawings, in which like characters designatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a preferable embodiment of thispressing machine.

Figure 2 is a side elevation, partly in section. Figure '3 is a planview looking downwardly in Figure l.

- Figures 4 and 5 are fragmentary side elevations illustrating thevertical adjustment of the form on which the sleeve is placed differentelevations for pressing long sleeves.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, of the formillustrating the sleeve or the padding thereof. Figure 7 is afragmentary view of the upper end of the form shown in Figure 6 showingthe position of the padding when pulled upwardly relatively to the formagainst its returning Figure 8 is a plan view of one of the forms withclamps in place for holding the garment in place. .This pressing machinecomprises, generally, a suitable frame, opposing upright pressingmembers mounted on the frame and having relative pressing movement, aspatulate or substantially fiat, padded form on which a sleeve ispressed shiftable into and out of between the opposing pressing faces,which are preferably flat, carrier means for the form including a tableor platform shiftable to carry the form into and out of 'positionbetween thepressing members, andalso means by which the table orplatform is shiftable vertically to carry the form to differentelevations, and thereby make the machine adjustapress shorter sleeves.

such as shirts, have two sleeves, the machine isble for sleeves ofdiflerent lengths. In pressing extra long sleeves, two pressingoperations are performed, one for pressing part of the sleeve, and thenthe table is shifted upwardly to press the remainder of the sleeve, thepressing members being only of sufficient width or height to As articleswith sleeves,

formed double with two pairs of pressing members and two forms.

I designates a frame; 2 a double intermediate upright pressing memberhaving oppositely or outwardly presented pressing faces, which aresubstantially flat, and 3 are outside upright pressing members movabletoward and from the pressingfaces respectively of the intermediatepressing member '2. These pressingmembers 2, 3 are usually formed hollowand heated, as by steam, in any well known manner. The double pressingmember 2 is supported on the frame by supporting means including acolumn 4 having a bracket 5 on the upper port on thereof, carrying aforwardly and horizont' lly extending arm '6, which is provided with abasting or block I at its front end to which the opposing sides of theintermediate pressing members 2 are secured, the arm, 6 extendingbetween the pressing members 2. The outer movable pressing members 3 arealso supported from the column 4 or the bracket-thereon, here shown asby yieldable arms or plates 8 anchored at like. ends to the bracket 5and secured at their opposite ends to the pressing members 3, the plates8 being biased to separate the members 3 from the pressing faces of thedouble member 2 by springs 8. The frame is enclosed in a suitablecabinet 9 formed with slots ill alined with the spaces between thepressing elements 2, 3. -These slots also open through the top of thecabinet.

ll designates the forms, these being usually flat metal plates taperedin accordancewith the tapered article or sleeve from its lower endtoward its upper end, the form having a thin padding l2 sleeved thereon,which has a shifting movement upwardly. against the action of returningsprings I3. The forms are provided with tions of the shirt in placeduring the ironing operation and; are removed after the sleeves havebeen ironed. i

The carrier mechanism for the forms comprises a platform or table l5movable from a 3 position in front of the pressing elements rearwardlyhorizontally into a position to carry the forms between the pressingelements, a vertically movable base l6 movable along fixed guides I! inthe frame below the pressing elements and connections, as pairs ofparallel links l8 between the base I3 and the table or platform l tocarry the table or platform l5 substantially horizontally to shift theforms into and out of between the pressing members 2, 3. While the table15 is being shifted from its forward position (Figure 2) to its reardotted line position, the upper pivot 20 of each link l8 passes from thefront side of a vertical plane intersecting its lower pivot 2i to theother side. A stop I5 limits the rearward movement of the table when theform I l is between the pressing members. The stop I5 is shown as aroller which comes into engagement with and rides or rolls on the column4. A second stop I!) limits the travel of the platform ii to its forwardposition, it coming against the guide H.

The table [5 is operated to carry the forms into and out of positionbetween the pressing elements 2, 3 by hand, it being a simple matter forthe operator to push or pull on the front edge T of the table ii. Thepressing members 2, 3 are of sufficient height to press short sleeves ora portion only. of a longer sleeve, so that to press the entire longersleeve from the cuff to the shoulder seam, two pressing operations arenecessary, and an adjustment of the table vertically is necessary tobring the unpressed portion of the long sleeve into a position betweenthe pressing members. To effect such adjusting, the entire carriermechanism is movable vertically as set forth, and this operation iseffected by lifting the table up from a position, such as shown inFigure 4 to that shown in Figure 5, or pushing down from the positionshown in Figure 5 to that shown in Figure 4. In order to facilitate theup and down shifting of the table, means is provided forcounterbalancing the forms and the table or platform, and in theillustrated embodiment of the invention, a counterweight 22 is provided,this being shown as carried bya lever arm 23 pivoted at 24 to the frameand connected to the base iii of the carrier mechanism as by a cable 25pivoted at 26 to the lever 23 and running over an idler 21 mounted inthe frame and connected at its other end at 28 to the base IS.

The movable pressing members 3 are operated preferably by air pressureapplied to diaphragm chambers 29 carried by the frame, the diaphragms insaid chambers operating through plungers or slides 30 against the outersides of the pressing members 3 to compress them against the work on theforms in opposition to the tendency of the springs 8 to open the members3. The flow of air to and from the diaphragm is controlled by a suitablevalve 3| operated by a pedal 32, the valve being connected in pipe linesconnected to the pressure side of the diaphragm chambers 29. Thesevalves are of a two-way, or combined intake and exhaust type, so thatwhen the pedal is released, air exhausts from the diaphragm chamber,permitting the pressing members 3 to be opened by the re-action ofsprings 8.

In operation, the sleeves of a garment, as of a shirt, are placed on thetwo forms. at the same time and pulled down until the sleeve fits theform, due to the taper of the sleeve and the form and are free ofwrinkles. The upper ends of the forms are of such width as to preventthe cuffs from sliding down on the forms. The cufls are clamped on theextensions H by the clamps ll.

pressing elements 2, 3.

The table I 5 is then pushed rearwardly into between the pressingelements 2, 3 and the pressing elements 3 operated by operation of footvalve 3|. After the initial pressing operation, if the sleeve is arelatively longone that can not be pressed in one operation, the tableI5 is lifted to the desired height, as illustrated in Figure 5, toeifect the pressing operation to the shoulder or including the arm seamand a portion of'the body, the pressing elements 2, 3 are againoperated. An operation may be considered as consisting of a closing andopening movement of the The table I5 is then pulled forwardly, movingthe forms out of position from between the pressing members. Theoperator then removes the clamps M and taking hold of the garment orshirt sleeves pulls upwardly. The pad slides upward with the sleeve,

if stuck thereto, and thus when the pads are no longer taut, they breakaway from the inner surface of the shirt, whereupon the shirt sleevesare removed readily from the forms and the padding.

What I claim is:

1. \A press for sleeved articles including opposing upright pressingmembers havin relative pressing movement and a spatulate form on whichthe articles are sleeved shiftable into and out of position between saidmembers, means for effecting the relative pressing movement of the formand the pressing members, means for effecting shifting movement of theform into and out of position between the pressing members includingsupporting means for the form and means for adjusting the supportingmeans to carry the form to different elevations relative to the pressingmembers. 1

2. A press for sleeved articles including opposing upright pressingmembers having relative pressing movement and a spatulate form on whichthe articles are sleeved shiftable into and out of position between saidmembers, means for effecting the relative pressing movement of the formand the pressing members, means for efiecting shifting movement of theform into and out of position between the pressing members includinsupporting means for the form, means for adjusting the supporting meanto carry the form to different elevations relative to the pressingmembers, and means for counterbalancing the supporting means for theform.

3. A press for sleeved articles including opposing upright pressingmembers having relative pressing movement and a spatulate form on whichthe articles are sleeved shiftable into and out of position between saidmembers, means for effecting the relative pressing movement of the formand the pressing members, means for efiecting shifting movement of theform into and out of position between the pressing members, includingsupporting means for the form, means for adjusting the supporting meansto carry the form to different elevations relative to the pressingmembers, the form having an axially shiftable padding for breaking thepadding away from the pressed sleeved article.

4. A press for sleeved article including opposing upright pressingmembers having relative pressing movement and a spatulate form on whichthe articles are sleeved shiftable into and out of position between saidmembers, means for effecting the relative pressing movement of the formand the pressing members, means for effecting shifting movement of theform into and out of position between the pressing members, in-

eluding supporting means for the form, the form having a padding sleevedaround the same and shiitable axially relative to the form for breakingthe padding away from the pressed sleeved article.

5. A press for sleeved articles including, a double intermediatepressing member having pressing faces on opposite sides thereof andouter pressing members coacting with the pressing faces respectively andhaving a pressing movement toward and from the same, means for eflectingthe pressing movement, an upright support common to the intermediatepressing member and to both outer pressing members, the support havingan angular arm carrying the intermediate pressing member, and carryingmeans for the outer. memhere also carried by said support, the supportbeing located centrally of the pressing members in the rear thereof,said angular arm extending forward, and-said carrying means being armsextending laterally and forward.

6 6. A press for sleeved articles including opposing upright pressingmembers having opposing pressing 'faces, a spatulate form on which thearticles are sleeved shiitable into and out of po- .sition between saidmembers, and carrier means for the form operable to position the form atdiflerent elevations relatively 'to the pressing members.

ERNEST DAVIS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,375,947 Robbel May 15, 1945

